Pause For User Response; Output Device For Error Messages; Output Device For Status Messages - Dell 4100 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

Pause for User Response

If this parameter value is set to
pauses when one of the following occurs:
•
Your interaction is needed to verify the Video Test
Group screens or the Keyboard Test Group key func-
tions or other types of interaction such as inserting a
diskette.
•
The maximum error limit is reached.
If the parameter is set to
PAUSE
ignores some subtests that require your interaction; cer-
tain subtests can run only if this option is set to
because they require user interaction. Use the
parameter in situations where you may want to prevent
subtests that require user interaction from running—such
as when you run the diagnostics overnight.

Output Device for Status Messages

Ordinarily, all status messages appear only on the screen.
This parameter allows you to direct status messages to
either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you
choose the option, status messages are written to a
FILE
file named result. This file is automatically created on a
diskette in drive A when you run the diagnostics. If the
result file already exists on the diskette, then new status
messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary American Standard Code
for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file. You can
access the result file with the MS-DOS
as follows:
1. Select to exit the diagnostics and return to
QUIT
the operating system prompt.
2. At the operating system prompt, type the appro-
priate command and press <
type result
The contents of the file appear on the screen.
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the
status messages generated by the tests in the result file,
you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for
the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next
messages are added at the end of the previous ones in the
file.
, the diagnostics
YES
, the diagnostics
NO
YES
PAUSE
®
type command
>:
ENTER

Output Device for Error Messages

Ordinarily, all error messages appear only on the screen.
This parameter allows you to direct error messages to
either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you
choose the option, error messages are written to the
FILE
result file used for status messages. This file is automati-
cally created on a diskette in drive A when you run the
diagnostics. If the result file already exists on the dis-
kette, then new error messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary ASCII text file. You can
access and review the result file with the MS-DOS type
command as described in the previous subsection, "Out-
put Device for Status Messages."
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the
error messages generated by the tests in the result file,
you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for
the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next
messages are added at the end of the previous ones in the
file.
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